Where: England, United Kingdom (51.8° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 41.4° N, 9.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Taynton Limestone Formation (Great Oolite Group), Middle Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified, ooidal, calcareous sandstone and lithified siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, original carbon

Collection methods: quarrying,

• The original material was mostly obtained from underground mine workings that closed around a century ago, so the museum specimens are what remains (mostly housed in the NHM, London, and Oxford University Museum).

Primary reference: C. J. Cleal and P. M. Rees. 2003. The Middle Jurassic flora from Stonesfield, Oxfordshire, UK. Palaeontology 46(4):739-801 [A. Rees/A. Rees/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24227: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.08.2002

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